Table 1.

Selected mortality rates during different sport activities in the mountains.

Mountain Sports Activity	Region/Mountain	Mortality Risk (Death Rate per 1000 Persons at risk)	Time Period	Reference
Mountain hiking	Austrian Alps	0.04 a	1986–1992	[1,23]
	Austrian Alps	0.02 a	2014–2018	[15,17]
Mountain biking	Austrian Alps	0.0035 a	2014	[15]
	Greater Vancouver area	0.002 a	1992–2002	[24]
Paragliding	Germany	0.46 a	1997–2002	[25]
Trekking	Nepal	0.14 b	1984–1987	[26]
	Yu-Shan National Park, Taiwan	0.05 b	1985–2007	[27]
	California’s National Parks, US	0.00023 b	1993–1995	[28]
Mountain, Rock and Ice climbing	Austrian Alps	0.068 a	1986–1992	[1,23]
	Mt Rainier, US	0.3 b	1977–1997	[29]
	Grand Tetons, US	0.6 b	1981–1986	[30]
High-altitude climbing	Kilimanjaro, Africa	0.3 b	2017	[31,32,33]
	Aconcagua, South America	0.8 b	2001–2012	[34]
	Cho Oyu, Himalayas	6.4 b	1970–2010	[35]
	Mount Everest, Himalayas	15.6 b	1970–2010	[35]
	Annapurna I, Himalayas	45.0 b	1970–2010	[35]

^a means annual death rate per 1000 people at risk, likely doing several ventures per year; ^b means annual death rates per 1000 people at risk, doing the one specific venture.